Turbulent dispersion of aircraft exhausts in regions of breaking gravity waves

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 32, Issue 18, 1998, Pages 3105-3112

  Dörnbrack, Andreas ^a   Dürbeck, Tilman ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREE ATMOSPHERE;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DIFFUSION IN GASES; EXHAUST GASES; GRAVITY WAVES; NUMERICAL METHODS; TRACE ANALYSIS;

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE;

AIRCRAFT; EXHAUST EMISSION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; TURBULENCE;

AIRCRAFT EMISSION; EXHAUST EMISSION; GRAVITY WAVE; TURBULENCE;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; AIRCRAFT; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DIFFUSION; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; EXHAUST GAS; GRAVITY; PLUME DISPERSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0345516029     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(97)00503-7     Document Type: Article

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